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This article refers to the English version. The book was published on the 150th anniversary of the publication of the first LDS hymnbook, compiled by Emma Smith in 1835. Previous hymnbooks used by the church include The Manchester Hymnal (1840), The Psalmody (1889), Songs of Zion (1908), Hymns (1927), and Hymns (1948).
Holiday Song (1942, to a text by Genevieve Taggard) A Free Song (Secular Cantata no.2) (1942, to texts by Walt Whitman) Four Canonic Choruses (1942, to texts by Edna St. Vincent Millay, Countee Cullen, Carl Sandburg and Alfred Tennyson) Te Deum (1943) Orpheus with His Lute (1944, to a text by William Shakespeare) Five Rounds on Famous Words ...
Siionin virret ("Hymns of Zion") is a hymnbook of the Finnish Awakening religious revival movement (Herännäisyys). The hymnal is used in the traditional conventicle 'seurat' which is an informal religious gathering taking often place in homes. Hymns of Zion are also sung in the religious summer festival 'Herättäjäjuhlat' of the Awakening ...
Text incipit of the harmonised hymn. Information regarding which part of the hymn Bach used is given in parentheses, typically verse numbers indicated by "v." Hymn titles without such information as in (untexted) chorale harmonisation collections. 2 Zahn Zahn number of the chorale melody. When the data in the Zahn column starts with N that ...
The group today performs a variety of gospel music styles, including a capella spirituals and traditional hymns, as well as R&B- inspired church rockers. [5] Their performances at the New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival have led to tours in Canada, [10] Switzerland, the Netherlands, Italy, and Austria, [13] Belgium, Germany, France, and ...
A chorale is a simple melody, often based on Gregorian chant, written for congregations to sing hymns. Chorale settings can be vocal, instrumental, or both. Although the bulk of them are German in origin, and predominantly baroque in style, chorale settings span many countries and musical periods.
"Glorious Things of Thee Are Spoken", also called "Zion, or the City of God", [1] is an 18th-century English hymn written by John Newton, who also wrote the hymn "Amazing Grace". Shape note composer Alexander Johnson set it to his tune "Jefferson" in 1818, [ 2 ] and as such it has remained in shape note collections such as the Sacred Harp ever ...
Christ songs are hymns to Jesus of Nazareth as the Christ. [2] Literary criticism makes it possible, on the basis of stylistic criteria, to elaborate Christ songs and liturgically used portions in the New Testament. [3] [4] In letters and texts some songs are quoted and mentioned, e.g. For example, the hymn to Christ in Philippians 2:6–11. It ...